** Knowing that their loved ones are being well supported at home is a significant morale boost for deployed personnel and private contractors and employees from Australia and other countries.
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Special Wishes for Our Convoy For Kids Inc Truckies in the Middle East
To all the guys (and gals too) from Melbourne and other parts of Australia, who have gone to Iraq (and other parts of the world) to help the Armed Forces, we wish you all a safe stay and safe return.
Very Special wishes to the truckies and other men who have been involved with our annual Convoy For Kids in Melbourne and have contacted us by email and/or telephone since you have been over there. Our thoughts are with you for a safe return to your families. To those who have requested it, we have been in touch with your families and shall stay in touch. For those who also want us to keep in touch with your families for a bit of extra support, please Click Here to email your request, or you can telephone or write to us with the details.
Telephone: 1300 CONVOY (1300 266 869) within Australia or Intl: 613 9876-2983 Fax: 613 9876-2383 Postal Address: P.O. Box 85, Park Orchards. Victoria. 3114. Australia. Website Address: www.convoyforkids.org.
Whether you are over there driving trucks or other vehicles, working as mechanics, cooks, or in any other job, we wish you all well and you are in our thoughts and hearts. As a few of you know, your families are more than welcome to contact us for a chat or emotional support. If we can help in other ways, that can be also discussed.
Be careful, 'duck and weave' a lot and safe travelling.
From the President - Dusty Andrew and the Executive Committee and Members of Convoy For Kids Inc.
New Guest Book
Leave Your Message below for the Troops
*Whether or not you know any troops deployed overseas, please leave a message as when they can get to a computer room, they have a certain amount of time on the internet and many read messages from all over the world. This is a New Guest Book as the first one has been filled up.
Sending Messages To Our Truckies in the Middle East
You can also send messages through the Department of Defence below.
Support our Australian Troops
The Department of Defence has set up a 24-hour email and free call fax service (1800 643 938) to provide members of the public with the facility to send their messages.
The Department of Defence will collate all messages and send them in hard copy form to personnel serving away from home. Messages should be no longer than one page in length and should be of a general nature. Please note that this facility is not designed to forward messages of support to individual service men and women as other arrangements have been put in place for family members and friends.
Please Note: Some messages to the Troops may be selected for publication in Service Newspapers.
Support the Families of Defence personnel.
The Department of Defence has set up an e-mail service ourfamilies@defence.gov.au to give the public the opportunity to send their messages of support to the Families of Defence personnel deployed in Australia's
national interest.
Information on the support provided by the Defence Community Organisation and the Department of Veterans' Affairs can be obtained from various support agencies, which include:
*The Defence National Welfare Coordination Centre on 1800 801 026, which provides 24 hour support to the families of deployed personnel.
Other support information is available through:
* Family Information Network for Defence (FIND). Phone: 1800 020 031 or visit their website at www.dco.dod.gov.au
National Consultative Group of Service Families. Phone: 1800 100 509
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